The Bundanoon Highland Gathering have announced the following competitors for the events being run by the Kilted Warriors under the direction of Dr. Lance Holland-Keen and Aaron Monks. The Brigadoon committee would like to express their deep appreciation and congratulate the Kilted Warriors for their continual support at Bundanoon. At 3.10pm, on the oval The Kilted Warriors will be lifting the Bundanoon Stones. Incredible feats of strength, speed & stamina will be the order the day when the Brigadoon pays tribute to a traditional Scottish coming-of-age ritual in April.
This is a must see event as the weight of the stones are 100kgs, 110kgs, 120kgs, 145kgs and 165kgs.This should be an outstanding event this year as these are the top athletes in the games at the present time. Competitors for Bundanoon Stones include Tyler Helm, Defending Champion, Aiden Canini, Andrew Frazer and Bradman Houston.
History of the Stones
Modelled on the MacGlashen Stones from Scotland. Only five of the stones are used at any one time with the current competition set comprising the 100kgs, 110kgs, 120kgs, 145kgs and 165kgs. The stones vary in size from 43 centimetres to a massive 50 centimetres or half metre in a diameter. The history of the stones goes back over one thousand years to the highlands of Scotland when a boy was considered to have reached manhood when he could lift two stone in weight from the bare ground onto the top of a stone dyke or fence as we know it.
Most villages took part in this exercise and the stones varied from village to village. In the late 1970’s the lifting of the stones was brought back to life in Scotland with the introduction of the MacGlashsen Stones. The five round stones range in weight from 100 kg through to 165 kgs. The stones are laid out five metres apart lightest to heaviest with each competitor having to lift all five stones on top of a wooden barrel four feet in height. The person who can lift all five stones on top of the barrels in the fastest time is declared the champion of the day.
Also taking place on the field at Brigadoon is the Australian Highland Heavy Weight Events Championships. This is an outstanding field of heavy weight competitors, so the competition should be fierce which include: Rob Melin-Defending Champion, Jamie Muscat, Lance Holland Keen, Kurt Livins, Luke Reynolds, Nigel Skurrie, Lachlan Page, Shane Carstairs and MacaSuley Tinker. This event will start from 11am and finish at 2.30pm. There will be five events with one Australian Highland Heavy Weight Events Champion.
Bundanoon Highland Gathering also features solo piping and pipe band performances, Scottish dancing, fiddlers, clan and Scottish community groups, a unique range of stalls and more throughout the day.
The Bundanoon Highland Gathering will take place on Saturday, April 18th in Bundanoon in the NSW Southern Highlands. For more details visit: www.brigadoon.org.au
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